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6. On the banks of the Cour we saw large quantities of 

 Pcdicularis palustris, L., with white flowers. 



7. Mimuhis luteus, L. — We observed a meadow literally 

 yellow with this beautiful plant. It was, however, near a 

 house. 



8. Ardostaphylos alpina. — This plant had not been 

 gathered by the Club on any previous excursion. It is 

 common on Ben Wyvis, on many of the mountains in Glen 

 Affric, in Eoss-shire, and Sutherlandshire, It is also found 

 on Ben Nevis, from whicli station there is a specimen in the 

 University Herbarium. Tliere is also a specimen in the 

 same herbarium, labelled " Hill on Loch Leven side, opposite 

 Ballachulish, 1837." We only found it on one of the moun- 

 tains \asited, and in the usual situation for the plant — " on 

 the tops of the low shoulders of the mountains." This is a 

 new station for the species, but not a new locality, as it was 

 previously recorded from Ben Nevis and Loch Leven side ; 

 but the plant is not common, and is very rare so far south. 



9. Luzida arcuata. — This plant is common on several of 

 the Sutherlandshire hills, is found on Lochnagar, on the 

 Cairngorm range of hills, and is well known as the " Gerse 

 that grew on Ben M'Dhu, that ne'er a coo would care to pit 

 her mouth till." I am not aware of this plant having been 

 found south of the Spean on any previous occasion. In the 

 last edition of Watson's Topogrcqihical Botany, East Perth is 

 marked with a ?, but in a Supplement by Bennet, East Perth 

 is mentioned as a locality ; but the special hill or hills are 

 not mentioned. Specimens of the plants collected are in 

 cultivation in the Eoyal Botanic Garden, and are undoubtedly 

 the true arcuata. The plant was found in considerable quantity 

 on Aonach Beag, and more sparingly on Aonach Mor. 



10. Scu:ifraga rivularis. — This plant has been found spar- 

 ingly on various mountains of the Cairngorm range ; more 

 abundantly on Lochnagar. It is also recorded from Ben 

 Lawers and lien Nevis. It was gathered by the Club on 

 Ben Nevis in 1876. We found this plant on two separate 

 mountains. It occurred in considerable abundance on a 

 mountain on the south of the Spean, and still more abund- 

 antly on Creag Meaghaidh, a high mountain on the north 

 side of the Spean. Some of the specimens gathered on this 

 latter mountain had very large fleshy leaves, and were much 



